Artefact 9: “Jacques Rose Leaving Courthouse”

Citation: Bettman. Jacques Rose Leaving Courthouse. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Getty Images, 2016. https://media.gettyimages.com/id/515395938/photo/jacques-rose-leaving-courthouse.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=NYzl0twkFn1r7-2HFjuLGtyZDEZaNd17BLmwscHzsDo=.

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Jacques Rose pictured in Artefact 3, is the younger brother of FLQ Chenier Cell Leader Paul Rose. Jacques was a mechanic for the Canadian National Railway. He, alongside his brother and their other associates, orchestrated the kidnapping of James Cross and Pierre Laporte. The Chenier Cell’s abduction of Laporte led directly to the Trudeau government's action of enacting the War Measures Act on October 16,1970. Furthermore, Jacques Rose was believed to be complicit in the subsequent murder of Laporte. In the aftermath of the October Crisis, Rose would stand trial for his crimes and be found guilty for complicity after the fact in Laporte’s murder, leading to a sentence of eight years behind bars. The heinous crimes committed by the FLQ against Canadian government officials, such as Laporte is noted as being one of the main contributing factors to the federal government's decision to invoke the War Measures Act. As the invocation was used inorder to maintain the security of Canadians during the October Crisis which could be defined as an insurrection. Meaning the government was well within its right to do so.

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Clément, Dominique. “The October Crisis of 1970: Human Rights Abuses Under the" War Measures Act.".” Journal of Canadian Studies 42, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 160–186. https://search-ebscohost-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=40127224&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Crelinsten, R.D. 1987. “The Internal Dynamics of the Flq during the October Crisis of 1970.” Journal of Strategic Studies 10 (4): 59-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402398708437315.